My own belief is that neither Russia nor China has anything to gain from vapourising much of the US, they WANT your mineral wealth,technology, resources etc its no good if it all gets toasted, I think if anything they would use three or four very small devices enhanced for EMP and detonated at very high altitude, this would severely damage the US but not destroy the country.
I don't see that, an EMP bomb wouldn't prevent the Minuteman III missile from being fired, it would take L-Alt 300kt+ or 1o0kt ground blast to take out the silos then we have the Tridents, once nuclear missiles are fired and Ident NATO would respond. An EMP bomb would be considered a prelude to something larger thus once the first EMP detonates all gloves are off.
I don't think we would fire off a full volley of mega nukes in response to a limited attack
The only LOGICAL reason to EMP us would surely be as a precursor to an invasion, not a full on nuke barrage ? then again the Russians and Chinese get their crazies from the same store as we do so who knows
Exactly, but this is where the US's biggest ally (geography) comes into play. Simply put, neither nation (or even them combined), really have a means of delivering enough troops, aircraft, and armor in a non-detectable manner, to do this. And while the civilian infrastructure is pretty vulnerable to EMP, the military....not so much. So, the invaders aren't going to have a good time.
The difference is when a people are on their own soil, they don't give up. When overseas troops get demoralized after a long time and are more likely to loose their zeal for continuing the fight. I do think the good ole American redneck would be pretty formidable. In the real world, no one is close to strong enough to attack the U.S. Mainland directly, and don't need to. Isis is using the same playbook that took down Rome. They just use small scale attacks, which will bankrupt us by overreacting to them. Every time something happens we spend hundreds of millions on extra security. Those are dollars we don't have and continue to borrow. I think this kind of weapon will bring us down faster than a bomb.Remember the old adage from as far back and as far east as you can get, From Ghengis Khan to Emperer chin, to Mao Tze Dong, To Ho Chi Min to many an Islamic leader, They simply don't care if they lose 1 million lives in a war, or 5 million, or ten million or 50 million, so long as in the end they come out on top.
Russians, Mongols, Persians, Vietnamese, Chinese, Moors, Asyrians you name it they will see insane numbers of their people die in order to succeed, that's why they have the advantage of us in the west , We treasure, life, liberty, freedom, they value a glorious death for the Cause or party or Allah.
My friend Maverick said " Given to the fact the US has over 280 million firearm owners an invasion would simply be to costly let along US Military response."
Remember Vietnam as a poor example but the US had totally massive overwhelming military superiority over the Min or Cong but the result was defeat, same as us Brits in India. If that psyche, that mentality, that willingness to die for their cause, god or leader saw them set foot on Conus I don't think 280 million fire arms will be enough. Especially if they spread out and operate as insurgents and terrorists instead of full on combat troops.
The difference is when a people are on their own soil, they don't give up. When overseas troops get demoralized after a long time and are more likely to loose their zeal for continuing the fight. .
The difference is when a people are on their own soil, they don't give up. When overseas troops get demoralized after a long time and are more likely to loose their zeal for continuing the fight. I do think the good ole American redneck would be pretty formidable. In the real world, no one is close to strong enough to attack the U.S. Mainland directly, and don't need to. Isis is using the same playbook that took down Rome. They just use small scale attacks, which will bankrupt us by overreacting to them. Every time something happens we spend hundreds of millions on extra security. Those are dollars we don't have and continue to borrow. I think this kind of weapon will bring us down faster than a bomb.
Russians, Mongols, Persians, Vietnamese, Chinese, Moors, Asyrians you name it they will see insane numbers of their people die in order to succeed, that's why they have the advantage of us in the west
Still doesn't solve the geographical problem of GETTING them here. You have to put them IN something to do so, and those THINGS can be blown to smithereens, neatly packaged for group destruction, without some kind of stealth way in. The lack of these THINGS is where the East simply cannot mount an invasion.
EG First they take the Aleutians and Bear Island, Then they go for Alaska and Canada, then they have a 5000 mile long border to cross, just food for thought, OR they take Mexico with the aid of the left wing countries of Central America
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